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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 49
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Men cannot be ransomed or redeemed by wealth—God alone can redeem a soul from the grave—The glory of a rich man ceases with his death.
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<center><span class='small'>TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, A PSALM FOR THE SONS OF KORAH.</span></center>
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Hear</span> this, all <i>ye</i> people; give <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/49/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 78: 1.">ear</a>, all <i>ye</i> inhabitants of the world:
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Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
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My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart <i>shall be</i> of understanding.
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I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/49/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Problem-Solving.">open</a> my dark saying upon the harp.
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Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, <i>when</i> the iniquity of my <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/49/5a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE persecutors.">heels</a> shall compass me about?
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They that trust in their <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/49/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Treasure.">wealth</a>, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
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None <i>of them</i> can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
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(For the redemption of their <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/49/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Worth of Souls.">soul</a> <i>is</i> precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
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That he should still <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/49/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 89: 48.">live</a> for ever, <i>and</i> not see corruption.
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For he seeth <i>that</i> wise men <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/49/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Eccl. 2: 16.">die</a>, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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Their inward thought <i>is, that</i> their houses <i>shall continue</i> for ever, <i>and</i> their dwelling places to all generations; they call <i>their</i> lands after their own <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/49/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 4: 17.">names</a>.
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Nevertheless man <i>being</i> in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts <i>that</i> perish.
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This their way <i>is</i> their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings.  Selah.
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Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/49/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mal. 4: 3 (2-3); Rev. 2: 26.">dominion</a> over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
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But God will <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/49/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hosea 13: 14; Mosiah 27: 24 (24-26); D&C 93: 38; Moses 5: 9; A of F 3.">redeem</a> my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/49/15b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Eternal Life.">receive</a> me.  Selah.
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Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
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For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
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Though while he lived he <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/49/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 29: 19 (18-20).">blessed</a> his soul: and <i>men</i> will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
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He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
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Man <i>that is </i>in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts <i>that</i> perish.
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